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Offshore rig taking on water but stable GALVESTON (AP) — An offshore drilling rig is taking on water but is stable after being hit by a large storm wave off the Texas coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard says the rig was drilling for oil and gas in 3,000-foot depths around 10 a.m. Tuesday when the wave hit.

Petty Officer Manda Emery says the platform was knocked 55 feet, and one of three watertight chambers in one of the rig’s six floatation columns began taking on water.

Emery says the platform is being kept level and there is no spill. None of the 116 crew members was injured, and there have been no evacuations.

The rig is about 130 miles from Galveston.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andy Kendrick says the well is being drilled for Houston-based Anadarko Petroleum Corp.

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Candidate faces death penalty choice AUSTIN (AP) — The death penalty is like gun rights in Texas politics: Candidates don’t dare get in the way of either. But Republican Greg Abbott, the favorite to succeed Gov. Rick Perry, must soon make a decision as attorney general that could disrupt the nation’s busiest death chamber.

It’s an election-year dilemma for Abbott. But in Texas, it’s one that Democratic rival Wendy Davis can’t easily exploit, illustrating how little room there is to maneuver on this issue.

Abbott must soon decide whether to stick with his earlier opinions that Texas must disclose the source of the execution drugs it uses. That revelation could prompt attention-shy suppliers to halt their drug deliveries and stop Texas’ executions.

If Abbott holds firm, he’ll please death penalty opponents who prison officials say want to target the companies with protests and threats. Reversing course would go against his vows for transparency in government.

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IN 2013, 94,943 accidents involved distracted drivers, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

One in five Texas accidents caused by distracted drivers

By AMY CUNNINGHAM staff writer

The number of inattentive drivers and consequential accidents have increased in Texas, with an estimated one in five accidents caused by distracted driving.

In 2013 alone, 94,943 accidents involved distracted drivers, an increase of 4 percent from 2012, according to the Texas Department of Transportation.

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hands, eyes or mind are away from driving, according to distraction.gov. This includes texting, eating, talking and other tasks.

According to a Virginia Tech Transportation Institute study known as The Impact of Hand-Held and Hands-Free Cell Phone Use on Driving Performance and Safety Critical Event Risk, text messaging doubles the risk of a crash or near crash.

“The statistics in Texas are sobering,” John Barton, TxDOT deputy executive director, said

in a statement. “One in five traffic crashes in Texas is caused by a distracted driver, and last year 459 people were killed as result.”

Individuals under 20 years old account for the highest percentage of distracted drivers of any age demographic in the U.S. Approximately 10 percent of people under age 20 involved in a fatal car accident were reported as distracted at the time of the crash, according to distraction.gov.

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Visting professor speaks on challenges of manhood

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When a person takes an average of 4.6 seconds to look down at a phone and send a text message, it is the equivalent of driving the length of a football field blindfolded, according to a TxDOT news release.

“That is a surprising distance,” Kristen Hoelscher, a junior management information systems major from San Antonio, said. “I get distracted easily, but I don’t text and drive or anything. I get mad at my sister when I see her doing it.”

Distracted driving includes any time a driver’s

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The Human Development and Family Studies program invited Michael Kimmel, a professor of sociology and gender studies at Stony Brook University, to speak on manhood, responsibility and the sexual culture that occurs on college campuses around the world.

Rebecca Oldham, a human development and family studies graduate student, shared her insight in regards to the event.

“Dr. Kimmel is an internationally renowned scholar in western masculinity,” Oldham said. “He goes all over the country lecturing on his different publications and right now he is touring about his 2008 book ‘Guyland.’”

Oldham said the human development

and family studies department has been working for almost a year and a half to get Dr. Kimmel to come to Texas Tech.

According to a TechAnnounce, beneath the appearance of a simple extended boyhood, a more dangerous social world has developed, far away from the traditional signposts and cultural signals that once helped boys navigate their way to manhood — a territory Michael Kimmel has identified as “Guyland.” “‘Guyland,’ as a book, is really about young adult men and the different activities that they are involved in that are supposed to help them build relationships,” she said. “It also talks about the ideas of what it means to be masculine and how it guides their behaviors and how they relate to one another.”

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MICHAEL KIMMEL, ONE of the leading researchers and writers on masculinity, gives a lecture in front of a packed lecture hall about guy code on Tuesday in the Media and Communication building.

Texas Tech SGA executive Analysis claims hydraulic fracturing could cause cancer officers reflect on year

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This year’s Student Government Association executive officers are preparing to pass the torch to the incoming executive officers.

Session 49 of the SGA senate passed 117 resolutions and 11 bills, more than any previous SGA session.

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encourage them to really remember who they represent and work hard for the university.”

Connecting with the student population was a priority during her time in office as well, Berger said.

“One of the main things that increased our visibility was we did our first annual SGA week,” Berger said. “Each day was a day we wanted to reach out to the student body.”

Before her term ends, Berger has worked to develop a women’s seminar leadership series, which will teach female students different aspects of becoming a leader.

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Hydraulic fracturing has benefited the economy in Texas, but some researchers believe this boom has led to an increase in instances of cancer.

Hydraulic fracturing, according to the United States Environmental Protection Agency, is the process of pumping fluids made up of water and chemical additives into a geologic formation at a high pressure, which will cause the rock fractures to expand, allowing the natural gas or oil below to flow freely so it can be extracted and used as fuel.

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cal science, said the process is ecologically sound because it uses wells that have already been built to extract more oil or natural gas that could not have been extracted just from drilling.

“All of the easy stuff is virtually tapped out through drilling,” he said. “Now you have this new process of hydraulic fracturing that follows the energy seams that hold the natural gas or oil.

They’re tight in these geological formations, so fracking has really come in handy to get it out.”

This process has been around since the 1990s, Forbis said, but was expanded and used more often in 2003 and 2004 because it allowed the fuels to be extracted and had a low economic cost.

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POLICE BLOTTER Monday 1:46 p.m. — A Texas Tech officer arrested a non-student for one outstanding Lubbock County Sheriff’s Office warrant after a traffic stop at the 800 block of Flint Avenue. The non-student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

9:01 p.m. — A Tech officer arrested a student for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia at Stangel Residence Hall. The student was transported to the Lubbock County Jail.

Information provided by B.J. Watson of the Texas Tech Police Department.

Julian Castro, Dan Patrick debate immigration SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Prominent Texas figures in the debate over the country’s immigration policies took their dispute from Twitter to the airwaves on Tuesday, facing off in person for audiences on the Internet and Spanish-language television.

San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro and Republican state Sen. Dan Patrick debated Tuesday eve-

ning in Univision’s San Antonio studios. Notable by his absence was Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst, whom the tea-party favorite Patrick is challenging in a May 27 GOP primary and who trails Patrick by most reckonings. The nominee will face state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio and the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor.

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An analysis by Rachael Rawlins, a faculty fellow at the Center for Sustainable Development at the University of Texas, of a study that was conducted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), has been released that states the original survey conducted did not analyze the location and timing of cancer cases in relation to the location and timing of operations.

“In 2010, in Flower Mound, Texas, a low-density residential community near Dallas, there was concern about the possibility of a childhood leukemia cluster,” she said in her analysis.

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Teenage drivers are distracted 25 percent of the time spent behind the wheel, according to a study conducted by the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety.

“Those deaths were preventable,” Barton said. “It’s simple. We want drivers to focus 100 percent on driving when they’re behind the wheel, for their sake and the sake of others.”

Even hands-free cellular devices can be problematic, according to the VTTI study.

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“I’m a member of the President’s Equity Council, and we are starting to create a women’s seminar leadership series,” Berger said. “Women speakers will speak to the students and they are going to learn from their leadership, and at the end of the series, they are going to do a service project.”

Current Chief of Staff Peter Brady said during his term in office, he collaborated with SGA president Luke Cotton to find ways to encourage attendance at Tech athletic events.

“I think one of the biggest things that me and Luke got to

an association with leukemia,” she said. “At the conclusion of the study, no evidence was found in favor of the cancer cluster. However, a close examination of the study and guidelines reveals the study was not carefully designed to investigate cancer cases in relation to the time and location of exposure to potentially toxic emissions.”

Tom Hayden, mayor of Flower Mound, announced the Texas Department of State Health Services will conduct a new study focusing on the cancer-causing effects of hydraulic fracturing in response to this analysis, according to town hall meeting records.

The state would take a large hit to its economy if this new study does confirm Rawlins’ findings, Forbis said, but it is unlikely it will be demonstrated that there is a direct cor-

relation that the chemicals involved were the direct cause of their cancer.

“We’re exposed to so many different things over time so that one of the things that’s really hard to prove is the direct causality of the cancer coming into someone’s body,” he said. “If they can demonstrate with relative assurances that the chemicals we use in the hydraulic fracturing process can be directly linked to the cancer clusters, then they have a case. We’re exposed to all kinds of things every day. If the argument is going to be made, we have to ask ourselves, ‘how strong is the causality?’”

Ryan Williams, assistant professor in the the agricultural and applied economics department, said he does not believe there is a possibility for a case to be made against fracturing.

He said he has met with scientists who believe hydraulic fracturing has low potential to affect the groundwater source, as the pipes and the groundwater sources are at least a mile apart and the pipes are encased in cement so if there were to be a leak, it could not leak through the cement.

“The economy of the state of Texas has benefited and will continue to benefit from the advances in oil and shale gas extraction techniques,” he said. “It is very difficult to say how damaging a moratorium on hydraulic fracturing would be to the state of Texas, but I do know I have seen evidence that the estimated harm to the public from hydraulic fracturing is significantly lower than the harm generated by the extraction of other energy resources.”

drivers audibly and visually while driving, preventing them from noticing a potential crash.

“I just use Google Talk to read my texts to me,” Cody Braun, a junior management information systems major from Austin, said.

“I can just talk back and it sends a text for me. That seems a lot safer to me — less distracting.”

In Texas, according to TxDOT, several bans on cell phone use, including the use of hands-free devices, while driving exist. Bus operators and novice drivers cannot use handheld cell phones, hands-free devices or text while driving. The use of handheld cell phones, including sending text

messages, is banned for all drivers in school zones.

“Whenever I drive from home to Lubbock,” he said, “you’ll see a bunch of people texting on a straight road. I mean, I’m one of them. I don’t feel very good about that. I feel like I’m a better driver than I really am, so I feel like I can handle it.”

More than 88 percent of individuals feel threatened by others driving while on their cell phones, but 67 percent still continue to do the same, according to the AAA Foundation.

Braun said he thinks more restrictive laws should be in place to discourage texting while driving

and other forms of distraction.

In this year’s Student Government Association elections, a referendum asked for student opinion about limiting cell phone usage while operating a vehicle on campus, according to a previous article in The Daily Toreador. Only 40 percent opposed Tech limiting usage while 53 percent of voters favored the idea.

“I’m surprised the statistics of accidents aren’t higher, honestly,” Hoelscher said, “It’s hard to actually make changes because people are going to do it, even if there are laws.

I feel it’s a personal choice people make for themselves and others.”

work on together was really pushing athletics, pushing student athletic attendance,” he said. “I think me and Luke really did a big push there.”

Before his term ended, Brady helped the new executive officers transition into their positions, developed an alternative spring break option for students and reformed the SORC system for student organizations.

Current graduate vice president Daniel Yates helped redesign the new graduate student orientation.

“We created workshops and breakout sessions that allowed new graduate students to learn about the responsible conduct of research, teaching basics and

also general networking,” he said.

“That was aimed at being more helpful for them.”

Yates also took part in increasing allocation of funds to graduate student organizations and organizing the Tech TedX speaker series.

“It was something I didn’t see coming when I came into office,” he said. “I think it’s going to put Lubbock and Texas Tech on a whole other level and on a worldwide stage.”

Before his term ends, Yates said he has been collaborating with new graduate vice president Pradeep Attalluri to create a shuttle service for incoming international students arriving at the Lubbock airport.

Peyton Craig, current external vice president, said the referendum in which students voted in favor of new turf fields was an important project for him.

“It was a big feat for us and something that I worked on a little bit,” he said. “I had a lot of help and I’m really grateful for that.”

Criag said he hopes the new external vice president, Stetson Whetstone, will carry on the efforts of improving the Tech transportation system and the Safe Ride program.

“There are some improvements that could be made, and I’m looking forward to seeing what Stetson does with that,” he said. “I think they are going to

start looking into how to make that (safe ride program) more efficient and more accessible to students in a quick manner.”

Craig said he is also hoping Tech’s SGA will someday earn a chair in the Lubbock City Council.

“That’s really up to the council to decide,” he said. “A couple schools in the Big 12 have that, and I’d really like to see that come into fruition for Tech.”

Luke Cotton, current SGA president, said he focused on engaging and informing the Tech student body on what goes on in SGA. “One thing we decided to do was go out to the students,” he said. “I felt that was extremely successful.”

Cotton said he also helped with the creation of the SGA ambassadors program in order to provide another opportunity for students to get involved with SGA. Cotton said he hopes the new executive officers will stay informed on the issues of Tech’s increasing population.

“We (Tech) have a plan to be at 40,000 students by 2020,” he said. “This university is going to need quite a bit of infrastructure.”

Cotton is currently collaborating with the new executive officers and Tech Athletics, he said.

“We are collaborating for an event next year for the Thursday night football game against Oklahoma State,” he said. “It’s a collaboration to have a Jumbotron game-watching party in Jones Stadium.”

Cotton said the new executive officers will carry on the SGA’s mission of improving Tech for everyone.

The new executive officers will begin their term May 1.

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OPC to host annual canyoneering trip to NM

PHOTO COURTESY OF LAWRENCE INGERLY

THE OUTDOR PURSUITS Center will be ziplining, hiking and exploring Southern New Mexico for four days in April. No prior experience is needed.

By TAYLOR PEACE Staff Writer

Imagine propelling down into a canyon with only a rope, shimmying across a deep pool of water on a zip line and ascending back up all within three days.

The Outdoor Pursuits Center is giving students the chance to join in on this backpacking adventure at their annual canyoneering trip April 24-27.

Lawrence Ingerly, marketing manager for the OPC, said the canyoneering adventure will be at the Guadalupe Mountains in southern New Mexico.

“This trip is like backpacking on steroids,” Ingerly said. “We will be using anchors and ropes to propel ourselves down the canyon, build a reverse line to go across the body of water and anchors and ropes to climb back up.”

Ingerly said they will split off into two groups, each having a staff member and personal leader guiding the way.

One group will go to the point of the canyon, set up the anchors and

ropes on top of it in order to go down, and the other will go down and do the same to help get back up.

“Initially the two groups won’t see each other until the end of the trip,” Ingerly said. “They both will set up the technical work for the other groups, enabling everyone to get in and out of the canyon.”

Ingerly said most people who go on these trips have little to no experience, but that is what makes it more exciting.

He said it is a great way to meet new people and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.

“It’s an opportunity for these people to get away from the world and go on an adventure,” Ingerly said.

“It creates interactions with other people and nature one normally wouldn’t encounter on a daily basis.

It’s great for physical activity too.”

According to the OPC’s website, on this trip, participants will find themselves being challenged to tackle rugged limestone slopes as they descend more than 3,000 feet into numerous canyon systems.

There will be some places where participants will encounter

steep rocky terrain, stream crossings and will have to wade through many pools of water, according to the website.

“Whoever has been hiking or backpacking and is looking for a chance to challenge themselves both physically and mentally, then this is the trip for them,” according to the OPC website.

The learning goals will be rappel technique, canyon navigation and route finding, according to the website, along with desert travel concerns, minimum-impact hiking and camping techniques.

No prior experience is required, according to the website, but one should be comfortable with heights and rugged terrain.

“This is a physical and mental challenge that requires a person to be fit and capable of carrying 30 pounds for about 10 hours,” the website stated. “The hardest part of the hike

will be when everyone has to go back up the 3,000 feet they came down.”

Robert Brock, wall manager for OPC and trip leader for canyoneering and hiking, said as a leader, he and the others have been preparing for two weeks.

The leaders meet together and go over potential danger factors, prepare food arrangements and get all the gear together.

“We have our two leaders then give the general staff members delegate tasks when we get to the actual canyon,” Brock said.

Brock said the leaders will provide the basic itinerary for the trip to let the participants know what exactly they are getting into.

They will go over some skills with everyone so each person knows exactly what to do in every situation, he said.

“Since most of the people going have no experience, we need to make

sure we take all measurable precautions and prepare all the participants thoroughly,” he said.

Brock said their program is one of the only groups that goes out to the country and ventures around.

Southern New Mexico is a beautiful, pristine country to travel through, he said, and he is more than

excited to go on his third canyoneering trip with everyone.

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America’s problems the fault of many, not just few Francis Cobbinah were having a heated argument on a fine Saturday afternoon. What was the bone of contention? Two of them were talking about how the government of the day had mismanaged the economy, and for that matter, the country.

The other two would not have any of that and so protested vehemently, which brought about the argument. To these two gentlemen, it was the previous government who had ‘killed’ the economy and left it to rot.

I stood there for a while, wanting to know how it would all end. But it did not seem like it would end any time soon. So I left the scene, asking

Society should hold celebrities accountable in spite of fame

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The modern world is obsessed with the lives of celebrities, especially when their actions are controversial.

Generally, a celebrity makes a public mistake, half-heartedly apologizes and all is supposedly well. It becomes a social media joke, and the celebrity faces little backlash or vilification.

James Franco epitomized this phenomenon when he made headlines after pursuing an underage girl on Instagram on April 2, according to the New York Daily News.

Franco, 35, messaged a 17-yearold girl several times on Instagram before asking for her phone number. He wanted to know when she would be 18.

Screenshots of this exchange were posted online originally to Imgur, yet no one seemed to find it appalling.

When James Franco spoke publicly about the Instagram incident, the mainstream media attributed the problem to social media. Even Franco himself blamed social media sites rather than taking direct responsibility for his actions.

“I guess I’m just a model of how social media is tricky,” Franco said on “Live with Kelly and Michael.”

Yes, because social media “tricked” him into pursuing an underage girl in an attempt to lure her to his hotel room. Surely Instagram held him at gunpoint.

Franco isn’t an idiot — he should know by now that nothing on the Internet is private.

“It’s a way that people meet each other today, but what I’ve learned — I guess because I’m new to it. You don’t know who’s on the other end,” Franco said. “You get a feel for them, you don’t know who you’re talking to. I used bad judgment, and I learned my lesson.”

I question how genuine Franco’s statements were. In other cases, pursuing a minor in such a way is a big deal, and it is treated

as such — unless you’re a movie star, of course.

Regardless of a weak apology, James Franco, who was fully aware of the girl’s age, intended to meet with her. It astonishes me that no one seems to care how illegal and repulsive that is.

Society places celebrities above the law by glorifying their behavior and turning it into a joke. They are often placed on a pedestal and viewed as higher beings that are incapable of being flawed.

In the case of Justin Bieber’s recent DUI allegations, the media seemed to ignore the dangers of drunk driving and instead focused on how Bieber’s career was affected. His fans even supported his actions.

Mainstream media also glorifies drug abuse by turning a person’s struggles into a joke. Lindsay Lohan has been a repeated target of this for years after countless DUI charges and stints in rehab.

Every media source criticized Lohan and talked about how she turned into a disaster, but not one argued for her condition to be taken seriously. Now she has her own reality show, through which the media can continue to make fun of her in order to have a story.

James Franco is only one of the many examples of society praising misbehavior and using it as a method of creating humorous stories.

Society needs an attitude change. It is essential that celebrities be given the same treatment as any other member of society.

Famous people are often viewed as role models, and younger people base their actions on what they see their idols do. If a celebrity misbehaves, younger people need to see the consequences.

The media affects the development of young minds and how they perceive the world. When wrongdoing is glorified, it instills the idea that bad behavior is acceptable and isn’t reprimanded.

Not everyone gets a reality show when they do something wrong.

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myself when the blame game will stop, but the question that lingered on long after I had left these young men was, “Can any one person or group of persons be said to be responsible for the woes of this country?”

How can we identify the real lovers of any country? Are they the ones who speak the finest things about that country? Are they the ones who behave like the ostrich, saying all is well when in fact, all is not well, or are they the ones who have the eyes to see the negative things in the country and never propose solutions? Are they the ones who are heard the most criticizing the country’s political leaders, or are

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they those who use any platform they get to paint how black and bloody the country is? Obviously not.

Who are the lovers of America and who are her killers? Are they the selfish and greedy politicians who venture into politics with the mindset of milking the nation of her resources for their personal gains?

What about the greedy technocrats who are in office to amass wealth for themselves, who do not care about the welfare of the people they are supposed to serve or about the state of the nation, who get influenced and award contracts to undeserving contractors who hold the country to

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ho should we blame for the woes of our country? Is it the overindulgent lovers or the haughty killers? Who is killing America? Is it the politician, the technocrat or the general citizenry?

Many a time, I have come across people who seemingly have so much love for America that they never stop blaming the politicians, who in their estimation are “killing” America slowly. In the moments that I had the opportunity to engage these so-called lovers of America, I always sought to find out what they had done to prove their love for the country.

Unfortunately, most of these lovers were not able to pinpoint any significant thing they had done to demonstrate that love. This sets me thinking, “Do we love America only with our lips?” Is it lip service we render to our dear country? What is love if it cannot be demonstrated?

I chanced on some friends who

ransom by their shoddy works?

What about the contractors who rob the country of millions of dollars and do shoddy work, who use substandard materials to build roads, schools, hospitals and other state facilities?

What about the tardy public worker who reports for work late and closes earlier than expected, the same one who spends time for work speaking on his or her cell phone and constantly asks for salary increment?

What about the selfish government officials who use state resources for their own benefit and for the benefit of their immediate families instead of the community?

What about the undesirable teacher or the parent who cares less for the children entrusted in his or her care?

What about the languid student who makes no effort to study, cheats to pass examinations and manages to graduate having never really learned anything?

What about the selfish private businessman or woman who evades taxes and deprives the nation of revenue for development, the ones who mistreat their employees, abuse them, disrespect them and pay them next to nothing?

What about you and I who neglect our basic duties and responsibilities and yet seek to be rewarded?

So who is without fault in this country? Who can say with all honesty that he or she has been truthful and fair to America? Let him be the first to cast the accusing stone and to point the accusing finger. The next time we attempt to answer the question, “Who is killing America?” let us pause to ask ourselves if we are not part of the killers because building the nation is a task for all of us and not for a few people.

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Country music stagnant, has repetitive themes

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Country music has been interesting lately. Not interesting in a good way, but in an “is this really playing on the radio for the 15th time in a row right now?” kind of way. A quick glance at the songs at the top of the charts will quickly tell you that the genre has become a wrinkly, worn-out husk of its former self.

Maybe you agree with me, maybe you don’t. Perhaps you’re thinking to yourself, “But what about bluegrass? Bluegrass is great.” Maybe you’re thinking, “I think Blake Shelton is kind of cute, though.”

Sure, bluegrass is great, and Shelton looks good for 37 years old. I won’t deny some things related to country music are great.

But if you enjoy modern country music, you’re wrong.

Millions of people enjoy country music in the United States; it’s the most popular genre in the country, according to a 2012 survey by the NPD Group, a market research company. And if you’re one of those fans of Shelton, Luke Bryan or Carrie Underwood, take a moment to learn why you shouldn’t get your pitchfork or torch out.

Take a look at the top 20 songs under

the country genre on iTunes. Nearly every song there could be mistaken as a clichéd parody of the genre as a whole.

The genre has watered down completely to celebrating drinking, trucks and girls with “painted-on” jeans.

The genre is so congested with uncreative drinking songs, you might be an alcoholic if you can enjoy more than 20 minutes of listening to the radio. Maybe Bryan keeps telling me to drink a beer in the hopes that I’ll enjoy his music after a few.

It seems, though, that the women of country music try not to stray into that stereotype so much, and in some ways I want to thank Underwood, Miranda Lambert and similar women for breaking the mindless drivel that the men of modern country tend to perpetuate. But then I hear songs like “Two Black Cadillacs,” and I change my mind.

Although older country music used to be full of misogyny and violence against women and other people in general, it also used to be full of legendary talents like Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams and George Strait. It seems now, though, that the acceptability of domestic violence has switched genders for modern country.

For instance, “Two Black Cadillacs” seems to be a favorite among female fans of the genre. Some women like the tune, some feel empowered by the message.

Personally, I can’t help but feel a little put off that murdering someone for cheating has become an anthem for empowerment.

Maybe I’m naïve, but I thought violent revenge fantasies got you sent to mental wards in this age.

“Before He Cheats” depicts a woman committing vandalism as she imagines her significant other cheating on her.

Although not as serious as committing murder, I still feel that committing a crime against an unfaithful partner is still not quite OK. I have a hard time seeing people saying “you go, dude” in today’s times to a story of a man beating his wife or vandalizing her car in response to her cheating.

If Underwood wants to promote violent revenge fantasies or tell a story, that’s her right. The Dixie Chicks and Lambert can all sing about murdering terrible boyfriends all they want as long as they don’t feel like the reaction is actually appropriate. Revenge ballads have a history in country music, and women should be allowed to sing them just like any man. It doesn’t seem to be a popular topic among the men of country anymore, though, and

perhaps for good reason.

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, women are the primary victims of domestic violence, estimated to make up 85 percent of victims. That alone is a huge reason why violence against women shouldn’t be supported, but I also tend to think that the smaller group shouldn’t be marginalized.

Perhaps I’m special in thinking two wrongs don’t make a right, whether it’s getting revenge on your cheating significant other or on men for oppressing women. I’m not sure, but I think country music as a whole has tended to soften up on the darker themes, and that has had some positive and negative consequences for the genre. I don’t necessarily dislike the violent themes, but I do think they tend to get criticized differently.

Even in rap music, Eminem, the god of explicit music, has received plenty of criticism for his violent fantasies. His song “Kim” is on an entirely different level from Underwood’s music. Although I can’t say for sure where the line between “acceptable expression of art” and “violent, psychotic madness” is, one thing is for sure — at least Underwood and Eminem aren’t singing another song about beer, trucks and girls.

#BostonStrong reflects more than response to bombing

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While some people were at the finish line as the bombs exploded at the 2013 Boston Marathon, others were partying on roof decks in Allston.

People’s perspectives on the memory of that day are relative to how close in both proximity and emotion they were to the tragedy.

As the city of Boston and the Boston University community prepare for the anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombings, people are stuck between mourning or celebrating this Monday. However, no one is obligated to either attitude, because everyone has a different understanding, experience and definition of #BostonStrong.

When tragedies happen, people say the best way to cope is by carrying on the day like normal. What makes the Marathon anniversary tricky,

however, is that a “normal” Marathon Monday is a cheerful occasion. Some say sacrificing the spirit of the annual festivity this Monday would feed into the terrorists’ goal of instilling fear in us, while others say carrying on like normal would be disrespectful.

While the city will elicit a plethora of different reactions this Monday, no one is obligated to one attitude.

Everyone has their own experience, understanding and definition of #BostonStrong and, despite how different they may be, none of them are incorrect.

People may interpret #BostonStrong differently but, at the same time, each definition shares the common thread of a unified community and is composed of so much more than just a reaction to a tragedy. Although this catchphrase gave the city a symbol of all we endured together, this sense of community existed long before last April.

Nothing can undermine the generosity of the human spirit exhibited in Boston after last April’s events. However, this city didn’t need a terrorist attack to become #BostonStrong because this city has always been a close-knit, unified community.

In a Monday article by journalist Chris Faraone, “Beyond the ‘Boston Strong’ Listicle,” he cites 15 ways in which Boston has proven its strength since last April. Among these feats is the election of a young, promising new mayor, as well as the establishment of medical marijuana dispensaries and late night hours on the MBTA system.

Although Boston demonstrated a great amount of compassion in the wake of last year’s tragedy, such virtue is not limited to Boston citizens. Rather, this tendency of humans to help one another is innate. These acts of compassion from last year need to be recognized as not just acts of Bostonians, but

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as validations of the humankind’s noble spirit demonstrated all over the world.

Look at the way people came together to help others during the weeks of Hurricane Sandy in 2012. Whether it was sheltering those whose homes had been destroyed or leaving power outlets in front of buildings, the innate goodness shines through disaster. And on a smaller scale, look at how the BU community mourned together when the recent tragedies of the deaths of Diego Montes and Kevin Lee had the power to touch each one of us, regardless of our relationship with him.

Overall, people are inherently more kindhearted than we think. #BostonStrong should not just be used as a way to focus on how Boston pushed through the heartbreak of a bombing, but rather a focus on a community’s ability to perform miracles of generosity for people they don’t even know.

Yet, this hashtag does not have to just be about a community being fused together by sadness, as dwelling on the disaster undermines Boston’s other exhibitions of camaraderie. We cannot forget all the happy things that bring this city together time and again.

Before last year, the Boston Marathon was a way for BU students to feel a part of the larger Boston community, which they are often sheltered from within the restraints of Commonwealth Avenue.

Besides the marathon, we all celebrated in Kenmore Square together when the Red Sox won the World Series last October. And who could forget the joys that unite us at Hempfest every year?

The meaning behind #BostonStrong is symbolic of the sentiments of the human community at large.

Although #BostonStrong spawned from the calamity at the Boston Marathon, its meaning does not have to be restricted to overcoming the fear the Tsarnaev’s, the alleged bombers, tried to inflict on us.

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Tech wins dramatic midweek game

By DIEGO GAYTAN Staff Writer

The Texas Tech baseball team managed to pull off a 5-4 victory against the Dallas Baptist Patriots after a comeback in the bottom of the ninth inning Tuesday at Dan Law Field.

The Red Raiders began to trail the Patriots early after Tech sophomore pitcher Matt Withrow gave up four earned runs in the first three innings of the game on two singles and three doubles.

Patriots’ junior second baseman Drew Turbin scored the first run for DBU after senior first baseman Mike Wesolowski singled down the right field line.

DBU went on to score its next two runs of the third inning on a two-run double by freshman right fielder David Martinelli, who then scored the Patriots’ final run of the game after junior third baseman Nash Knight singled past the second baseman.

Tech junior pitcher Cameron Smith relieved Withrow in the top of the third and went on to pitch five scoreless innings for the Red Raiders.

Smith said he was worried after he struggled with the first couple of batters, but he settled down and started getting batters out.

“Coming in, I started walking people, and I was like ‘Oh no’,” Smith

said. “Luckily, I found the groove and started hitting spots where I needed to hit spots.”

Tech junior relief pitcher Dominic Moreno subbed in for Smith at the top of the eighth inning and earned the win.

Tech sophomore left fielder Tyler Neslony scored the Red Raiders’ first run of the game after third baseman Ryan Long grounded out to first in the bottom of the fourth inning, sparking the Tech comeback.

Tech went on to bring up the score to 4-3 against DBU in the fifth inning when junior shortstop Tim Proudfoot scored off a double by freshman centerfielder Stephen Smith.

Tech sophomore Stephen Smith capped off the Red Raiders comeback victory in the bottom of ninth inning with a two-run, two-out single that scored the two runners on base.

“I have never had any of these when I was playing high school ball,” he said. “It is pretty cool to come up here and do this, I mean it’s what a kid dreams about.”

Tech coach Tim Tadlock said the Tech pitching helped the Red Raiders comeback against the Patriots.

“Guys kept playing, and Cameron (Smith) and Dom (Dominic Moreno) gave us a chance to come back,” he said. “Those guys did a great job pitching, putting up zeroes, and at the end

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Red Raider track and field continues to climb in rankings The Texas Tech men’s track and field team sustained its top 10 place in the national rankings Tuesday, according to a news release from Tech Athletics.

Not only did the Red Raiders remain in the top 10 of the US Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association computer rankings, they climbed two spots to No. 8.

This is the highest ranking since week seven of the 2012 season when Tech was ranked No. 5, according to the release. No other Big 12 Conference men’s program currently has a better ranking than the Red Raiders.

The Lady Raiders also earned an improvement by moving from No. 19 to No. 16.

The ascension matches the women’s highest ranking of the season, according to the release, and earns Tech the distinction as one of three Big 12 programs to enjoy both its teams being ranked in the top 20.

Next for the Red Raiders and Lady Raiders is competition this weekend at the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut, Calif.

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